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How to get the height of Windows Taskbar using Python/PyQT/Win32

I am trying to make my GUI program align to the bottom-right of the screen on Windows. When the taskbar is not hidden, my program will just stand on top of the taskbar!

When using Python/PyQT/Win32, how can I:

  1. Check if the taskbar's autohide function is on
  2. Get the height of the taskbar
Solution

  • I think you need to call GetMonitorInfo for the monitor of interest. You then need to read the work area out of MONITORINFO.rcWork. This will exclude any part of the monitor reserved for taskbar and indeed any other reserved areas.

    I don't believe you need to worry yourself about autohide because GetMonitorInfo should account for that. In other words when autohide is enabled the work area will equal the monitor area.